Hopper-bottom car.



100.810,070.. 0 PATBNTED MAR. 27, 1906.

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HOPPER BOTTOM GAR.

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HOPPER BOTTOM GAR.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 14, 1905.

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APPLTOATION FILED AUG.14, 1905.

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APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 14, 1905.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OEEIOE.

THOMAS E. BROWN, OE NEW'YORK, N. Y., AssIGNoE To AMERICAN l OAR & FOUNDRY-ACOMPANY, lOF

RATION OF JERSEY.

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To @ZZ whom,l t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS R. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York; have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hopper-Bottom Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description', such as will enable others skilled in the art to vwhich'it appertains to. make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming' part of this specification, in which* .Figure 1 is a side elevational view of approximately one-half of my improved car. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view 3 is a plan View of the underframing at the end of the car. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view in the transverse-plane'of the bolster.v Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view inthe transverse plane of the center of the car, and

Fig. 6 is a cross-ridge.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in cars, and particularly to that type known as hopper-bottom cars, although it-is obvious that features of the invention could be employed in cars of other types without departing from the nature and principle of the same.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several plan View showing the central parts, all as will be hereinafter described, and

afterward pointed out in the claims. l

In the drawings, 1 indicates the side walls of the car, which form plate-girders and sustain l the major partof the load. These walls are provided with top and bottom flanges, forining the compression and tension fianges, re-

spectively, of the plate-girder sides, and, as

shown, these flanges are in the nature of angles riveted to the upper and lower edges of the walls; but it is obvious that the flanges walls. To reinforce the side posts, vertical stiffeningosts 2 are employed, and said posts are pre erably ridged as shown in Fig.v 1 they being arranged on the outer faces of thfeJ side walls with their ridges presented outwardly. As an additional strengthening medium for the side walls, plates 3 are anranged on the inner faces of the side walls, through which the rivets for securing the posts 2 in position pass;-

Specification of Letters Patent. A l' Application iiled August 14, 1905. Serial No.` 274,067.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, CORPO- HOPPER-BOTTOM CAR- Patented March 27, `..906.

4 indicates the center sills, which are preferably in the form of 'channels withl their flanges presented outwardly, said center sills being shown as extending from end to end of the car, although it is obvious that .they could be interrupted and made of two or more pieces, as is well known in this art.

5 indicates the vertical web yof the bolster, (see Fig. 4,)'whic'h is recessed in its lower edge to take in the center sills, which center sills at'this point are spaced apart by a fillercasting or diaphragm 6, -preferably cored to receive lthe `kmg-bolt. The bolster-web 5 extends from side to side of the car and is strengthened by angles 7, riveted to the faces thereof, the said angles being properly disposed to resist buckling tendencies. The upper edge 5*1 of the bolster-web 5 is bent or deflected (see Fig. 2) so as to lie perpendicular to the inclined end floor-sheet 8, said bent edge being secured to said floor-sheet by means of connecting-angles or bent plates 9, preferably arran ed on each. side thereof. The lower edge o the bolster-web 5 is stiffened by angles 10, which also afford a connecting medium for the bottom cover-plate 11 of the bolster, which extends under the center sills and, together with the center late 12, is riveted thereto and to the fillerblock 6. y y

13 indicates short s'id'e. sills, preferably made in the form of channels with their flanges presented inwardly,- the top flange 13 thereof being cut away 1n the transverse plane of the bolster, as shown F 2 ,so as to accommodate the connecting-angles 14, which secure the bolster-web to the webs of the side sills and the posts in thel transverse plane of the bolster.

15 indicates the outside hopper-sheet,

whose upper edge is riveted to the side wall of the car, and 16 indicates the inside hoppersheet, Whose upper edge is bent inwardly over the center sills and riveted to straps 17, arranged between the center sills. 'lhe upper edges of the inside hopper-sheets above the straps are flanged and riveted together. Both hopper-sheets at their lower edges are preferably flanged, so as to provide means for the attachment of the inclined end floorsheets. r

18 indicates a vertical web `extending across the center of the car and above the cen- ICO i preferab y ter sills. This Web is connected by angles 19 to the center sills and by suitable connection plates or angles 20 to the side walls of the car,

this web. The upper edge of web 18 passes through the apex flanges of inclined plates 22, which form the central cross-ridge of the car. These` plates extend from side to side of the car and, may be iianged at their ends and riveted to said side walls, as shown, or connecting-angles maybe employed, as is well known. The lower edges of these plates 22 are stiiiened by angles 23, and in addition stiiicningangles 24 may be riveted to the under side of the plates. Doors 25 may be hinged to the lower edges of the cross-ridge plates, the outer or closing edges of said doors being stiffened by angles26 in a wellknown manner. o stiiien the upper or hinged edge of the door, I provide the same with a strengthening-ridge 27, which may be embossed in the plate forming the door, as shown, or a strengtheningangle may be. attached to the door at this point, so as to offer an additional securing means for the hinge.

The ulpper side edges of the web 18 are y cut away to 'accommodate the ower edges of gusset-plates 28, secured to the side walls of the car, said lower edges of saidgusset-plates being riveted to the apices of the edge iianges, as'shown in Fig. 5.

By thev above construction it will be noted that the car, whilebeing light, is amply strong, and, further, that very little presswork is required.

I am aware that minor changes in the construction, arrangement, and combination of `the several parts of my device can be made andsubstituted for those herein shown and described without departing Jfrom the nature and principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured byLetters Patent, is

1. In a hopper-bottom car, the combination with center sills, ofa bolster-web comprising a single plate Whose lower edge is recessed to receive` said center sills and whose upper edgev is deiieeted to lie perpendicular tol the plane ofthe end Hoor-sheets. of the hop-4 per-bottom car, said web'being continuous fromside to side of the car; substantially as descrlbed.

2. In a hopper-bottom car, the .combination with .center sills, of a .bolster-web, cornprising a single plate continuous from side to side of the car and arranged between said cen-` ter sills and the inclined end i'loor-sheetof the hopperbottom car, the upper edge of said web being bent so as to lieperpendicular to the plane of saidiloor-sheet and the lower edge of said web bein y notclied to receive the center sills, and attaching-angles for securing said bent edge oi the web to said Hoor-sheet; substantially as described.

3. In a hopper-bottom car, the combination with center sills, of a bolster-web, coniprising a single plate extending from side to side of the car and recessed at its lower edge to receive said center sills, the upper edge of said web being deiiected to lie perpendicular to the plane of the end Hoor-sheets of the hopper-bottom car, means for connecting the dciiected portion of said web to said Hoor-sheets, and a bottom cover-plate riveted to said web and arranged under the center slls substantially asdescribed.

4. In a hopper-bottom car, the combination with a bolster-Web extending from side to side of the car and forming a support for the inclined bottom floor-sheet of the car, center sills Ipassing through said web, and short side sills terminating a short distance within said web and to which said web is connected; substantially as described.

5. In a hop er-bottom car, the combination with a bo ster-web, of short side sills in the form of channels to which the ends of said web are connected, one of the iianges on said channel being cut away to accommodate the connection of said bolster-web to said short side sill substantially as described.

6. In a hopper-bottom car, the combination with center sills, of inside hopper-sheets arranged on each side of said center sills, the upper edges of said hopper-sheets being bent inwardly toward each other at an angle to a meeting-point where said hopper-sheets are flanged and riveted together, and sup orts between the center sills, said supports eing in the form of continuous -straps which are connected to the center sills and extend up between the bent edges ofthe hopper-sheets and riveted thereto; substantially as described.

`7. In a car, the combination with plategirder side walls, center sills, a continuous transversely -arranged vertical web 18 arranged above said center sills at the central walls and verticall -dis osed angles 19 riveted to said web an to t e center sills, whereby said sills are carried by said web; substantially as described.

8. In a car, the combination with plate- (rirder side walls and center sills, of plates orming a cross-ridge, and a continuous vertical web located at approximately the eenter of the car and connected to the side Walls of the car, vertically-disposed an les 19 on said web which extend downward y and are connected to the center sills to serve as a support therefor, the upper edge of` said web being. secured between the apex flanges of the l cross-ridge plates.; substantially as described.

portion of the car and connected to said side 9. In a' car, the combination Vsritlifplatel-v ginder-sidewalls and center sills, of inclined above thejcenter sills, vertically-disposed an` crossuri'dge plates extending from side to side ofthe car and secured to theside walls ofthe car', a continuous vertical web -plate securedf to the side Walls of the car and being located le-bars depending from said Web-'plate and ein'g secured tothe centersills, said Web;

'and being secured be- -center sills and connected thereto byangles 19and also connected to the side Walls of the car, gusset-plates secured tothe side Walls of' .thecar andwhose loWe'r edges are received in recesses foi-ined inthe-upper side edges of .said Web-plate, and cross-ridge plates Whose apex flanges are riveted to' theiupper edge of said Web-plate and the lower edges of said gusset-plates substantially as described.4

11. A door for hopper-bottom cars having a reinforcing transversely-arranged stren th- ,ening-ribextendingpara eltoitshingede ge; j

12.r A door 'for hopper-bottom cars comi substantially as described.l

prising a panel and a reinforcing strengthening-ribv arranged in juxtaposition to its hinged ed e; substantiall as described.

n testirnony W lereoi'l hereunto aiiX my. s1gnature,-in the presence of two Witnesses,

this 10th day of August, 1905.. l

- .,THoMAs R. BROWN.

Witnesses: v l n RoBT. G. JEFFERY, vE. D. v`LATJDY. 

